Manley & Associates
| Industry | Video game developer |
|---|---|
| Fate | Acquired by Electronic Arts |
| Successor | EA Seattle |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Headquartered in Issaquah, WA |
| Products | Various video games |
Number of employees | 60 (peak estimate) |
Manley & Associates was a video game developer founded in 1982, which developed over 70 titles for video game publishers, including Electronic Arts, Activision, Disney, GameTek, MECC and Spectrum Holobyte. Many of the company's early titles were one or two person projects created in founder Ivan Manley's house, but eventually it grew to roughly 60 people working from an office park in Issaquah, Washington.
In the mid-1990s, Manley & Associates did a number of ports for Electronic Arts and was subsequently acquired by EA in 1996. Explaining the decision to sell the company to EA, Ivan Manley said that in order to invest in newer technologies, Manley & Associates had to either become a publisher or merge with an established publisher.[1] The studio was relocated to Bellevue, Washington and renamed Electronic Arts Seattle.[2] EA Seattle closed in 2002.[3]
List of games developed
Console
- DinoPark Tycoon (3DO)
- King Arthur & the Knights of Justice (SNES)
- Paperboy 2 (Game Gear) - port only
- Pink Goes to Hollywood (SNES)
- Super Conflict (SNES)
- WildSnake (SNES) - port only
- The Wizard of Oz (SNES)
Computers
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (PC) - port only
- Home Alone 2 (PC) - port only
- Jeopardy! (PC, Mac)
- Lion (PC)
- Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (PC) - port only
- Pharaoh's Revenge (Apple II, C64, PC)
- Wolf (PC)
References
- ↑ "Electronic Arts Acquires Manley". Next Generation. No. 16. Imagine Media. April 1996. p. 23.
- ↑ Business Wire (1996-01-29). "Electronic Arts Acquires Software Developer Manley & Associates.". AllBusiness. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ↑ "Electronic Arts closing Bellevue game studio".